In an attempt to protect Ontario's traditional auto industry, Premier Doug Ford scrapped the electric vehicle debate. As a result, that shut Tesla out of the market. But as Mike Drolet reports, the car giant went to court to have that decision overturned - and won.

I’m not surprised that an Ontario judge has ruled that the Ford government was discriminating when they refused to honour the government rebates for Tesla purchases under the Green Energy rebate program.

The government’s flimsy rationale, that only cars ordered from dealerships would qualify, was tossed out by the judge.

Interestingly, this could be the first of a series of financial consequences for Ford’s arbitrary decisions to rip up contracts and cancel programs.

Businesses stung by Ford’s decisions to cancel the cap-and-trade program and the Green Energy Act are also considering multi-million dollar legal actions against the Ford government, but that’s a topic for another day.

But even as the judge rightly decreed that Tesla purchasers deserved to be treated fairly, I still have a problem with the whole idea of a government offering cash incentives to buy electric cars.